Chapter 37: Tranquility
Lethe Valley, located south of Chiba Castle, is located between two large mountains, where the mountains are densely forested and often infested with wild beasts, and it is said that at the end of this valley, there is a direct road to the East China Sea, which is the closest place to Senjima Penglai.
"Whoosh~~Whoosh~~" In the mountains and forests, two figures shuttled, they were very cautious, the speed was sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and after a while, a palace appeared in front of them, they quickly hidden, lying in the mountains and rocks.
"I can't believe that there is a palace here!" Yuan Qi's eyes widened, and according to Faxiang's description, there was no mention of a palace.
"There's nothing strange about this, these palaces are all built with illusions, it's just to confuse people!" Wan Qian was well-informed and said, "Senior Brother Yuan, you see that it is feasible here!"
Yuan Qi looked up at the top of the palace, shook his head and said, "No, a magic circle has been set up on this periphery, and if you forcibly probe, you will definitely be discovered!"
"Then I'll go and see if there are any other entrances around here!" Wan Qian's body method was extremely fast, shuttling between the surrounding mountains and rocks, and after a while, he came back disappointed and said, "No, this palace blocks the entire mountain pass, there is only this one entrance!"
"Senior brother, don't worry, I just observed, it may not be difficult to break this magic circle!" Yuan Qi said.
"Why didn't you say it earlier!" Wan Qian complained.
"I was thinking, if you and I look like this, even if we go in, we will be besieged!" Yuan Qi explained.
"Okay!" Wan Qian thought about it and said, "According to what you see, what should I do?"
Yuan Qi thought for a while, leaned into Wan Qian's ear, and whispered a few words.
"Is that okay?" Wan Qian wondered.
"I think you can give it a try, senior brother, you decide!" Yuan Qi said.
"Okay then, there's no way for us to wait like this, just do as you say!" Wan Qian glanced at the sky and admonished, "Be careful!"
"Don't worry!" Yuan nodded, "Senior brother should also be careful!"
Wan Qian smiled slightly and said, "This little thing, you can just look at it!"
Wan Qian's figure flashed, approached the temple gate, and slapped at the temple door in the air, and then he quickly hid it.
"Boom!" The magic circle trembled, making waves in the outer void, the door of the temple opened, and several demons walked out and patrolled around.
"What's wrong?" asked a demon who looked like a small boss.
"My lord, I don't know what it is that has touched the magic circle!" one of the demons replied.
"Woo~~嗷~~嗷~~" Suddenly, from the forest in the distance, there were several wolf howls.
"You two go over there and take a look, and catch a few wolves and come back to satisfy your brothers!" the leader ordered, and other demons around him responded.
"I've been here for so many days, and I haven't eaten a single bite of meat, but I'm suffocated to death!" one of the demons laughed.
"Go, go, shut up!" the leader scolded with a smile as he took out two tokens from his bosom and handed them to the two sent demons, saying, "Go and get back!"
"It's my lord!" the two demon disciples laughed, the wild wolf didn't bother much for them who cultivated immortals, took the token, and hurriedly walked to the depths of the woods.
"How about it, senior brother, the wolf roar I imitated is not bad!" In the dark, Yuan Qi said to Wan Qian.
"That's good!" Wan Qian nodded and said, "Let's follow!"
Along the way, Yuan Qi imitated the wolf howl from time to time, and the two demons were also in a hurry, not feeling that they had been targeted at all.
In the void, two fingerprints suddenly appeared, and the two demons were already unconscious without even seeing the figures, Yuan Qi and Wan Qian appeared and quickly changed into the demons' clothes.
"This demon sect is really problematic, disciples like to wear masks to meet people, but it saves us a lot of trouble!" Yuan Qi changed into clothes, wearing a grimace mask, and the whole person changed into the dress of a demon disciple.
"What you said is true!" Wan Qian paused for a moment, he had never thought about this kind of problem before, he picked up the token on the ground, looked at it carefully, and suddenly heard a wolf howl in his ears again, and couldn't help but look at Yuan Qi.
Yuan Qi's eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "No, I really recruited the wolf!"
In the dark woods, countless pairs of eyes appeared, and a group of wolf shadows surrounded them.
"Oh~~, senior brother, this shows that my name is too realistic!" Surrounded by wolves, Yuan Qi didn't care, and said, "That's fine, catch a few and go back, I still have some sweat medicine here, maybe I can have an unexpected harvest!"
"You still have sweat medicine with you?!" Wan Qian asked.
Yuan Qi scratched his head, a little embarrassed, and explained: "I just want them to let their guard down, so that it will be more conducive to our investigation." ”
"Alright, let's do it!" Wan Qian reminded.
"Whew~~!" a wolf roared, as if giving an order, and the surrounding wolves pounced one after another.
Yuan Qi pulled out his wooden sword and shuttled among the wolves, bringing out the first few wolf corpses from time to time.
At the entrance of the main hall, a group of demons looked at the forest in the distance, and they all heard the wolf roar there, which made their hearts itch after not eating meat for many days.
"Looks like everyone has taken it today!" said one of the Demon Sect disciples.
In the woods, two figures came slowly, dragging a long prey in their hands, counting the carcasses of eight wild wolves.
"It's so lucky, I've met a pack of wolves, although there are still many of them, but we can only take so much!" Yuan Qi was dressed as a demon, followed by Wan Qian, they were all wearing grimace masks, so they couldn't be recognized, threw down the prey in their hands, took out the token, and shot a fine light at the enchantment, opening the door of the palace.
"Enough, brothers, make a fire and cook!" the leader ordered.
Yuan Qi and Wan Qian glanced at each other and walked in.
Inside the main hall gate, no one expected that what came into view was a wilderness, which really made Yuan Qi startled, daring that the palace door was just to hide people's eyes.
In the wilderness, the trees that originally existed were left with only their roots, and hundreds of villagers struggled to carry the stakes under the supervision of the demons.
"Dead old man, hurry up!" a demon disciple held a leather whip in his hand, regardless of the old man's life or death, and whipped hard, "Get up, don't play dead!"
"Dad!" a seventeen, eighteen, nineteen or nineteen-year-old boy pounced on him with grief and indignation, hugged the old man's unconscious corpse, and shook it vigorously, he stared at the demon, his eyes were full of hatred.
"Look for death!" the demon sneered, and the leather whip in his hand unexpectedly rendered an aura, and he lashed at the young man.
Wan Qian happened to see this scene, his eyes skyrocketed, his fists were clenched very tightly, and he was about to have a seizure, but he was forcibly pulled by Yuan Qi.
Yuan Qi didn't feel good, but he restrained it well, took the initiative to step forward, shook the wolf meat in his hand, and said to the demon disciple: "Brother, don't be like them, go and eat wolf meat!"
"Dead old man, count yourself lucky!" The demon first snorted coldly, and then smiled at Yuan Qi, "Yes, it's been a month, and I can't even taste the meat in my mouth, and I'm hungry to death!"
"Hehe! It's available today, let's go! It's too late, but you won't be able to grab it!" Yuan Qi smiled and quickly followed the other demons.
In the depths of the wilderness, many tents were set up, and several Demon Sect disciples were lighting a fire and cooking.
"Senior Brother Yuan! look!" Wan Qian quietly motioned to Yuan Qi, tore a hole in one of the tents, and found that there were hundreds of wooden barrels inside, all of which were engraved with formation patterns and tightly sealed, "There, it should be the wooden barrel that Fa Xiang said!"
Yuan nodded and said, "It would be nice if I could open it and take a look! But once this kind of thing is asked, it will inevitably be exposed!"
"That's right! Faxiang was discovered here, so we'd better be careful!" Wan Qian reminded.
"You, come here!" In the distance, a leader pointed at Yuan Qi and said.
Yuan Qi was taken aback, glanced at Wan Qian, and asked quietly, "My lord, what are your orders?"
"Don't talk nonsense, just follow me!" The little leader didn't explain too much, and quickly walked into a tent with Yuan Qi.
Outside, Wan Qian was extremely nervous, he was paying close attention to the tent, ready to fight at any time. However, after a while, the little leader walked out of the tent, and Yuan Qi then walked out and came to Wan Qian's side, his face a little strange.
"What's the matter!" Wan Qian breathed a sigh of relief.
"There seems to be another hall master here, who just ordered a bowl of lang broth, this little leader is a little thoughtful, and wants to convince this hall master and order me to go with him!" Yuan Qi said faintly, "God really help me!"
"You want to go alone, it's too risky!" Wan Qian was very worried about Yuan Qi's safety, and said, "Who knows what other masters there are!"
"Senior brother, this kind of opportunity is really rare!" Yuan Qi thought for a long time, but still said, "And we have walked so many roads, and we have never seen the dock, I think we can divide the troops into two ways, you go to the dock to have a look, I will meet this hall master!
"If you want to go, you can go!" Wan Qian hesitated, took out a bead from his arms, handed it to Yuan Qidao, "This is my soul bead, you hold it, when you encounter danger, it will have a sense, I will arrive as soon as possible!"
"Thank you, senior brother!" Yuan Qi did not refuse, he took the soul bead, he felt very warm in his heart, there was a record of the soul bead in the master's notes, the cultivation of the soul bead needs to be practiced with the soul and blood every day, after the practice, it can be carried on the body to speed up the cultivation, even if it is far away, it will also have a sense with the body.
"Okay, I'm not sending you away, you still have to pay it back!" Wan Qian was furious by Yuan Qi's gaze, glanced behind him in the distance, and reminded, "It's here!"
Yuan Qi quickly regained his composure, turned around and said, "My lord!"
"Come with me!" said the little leader lightly.
"Yes!" Yuan Qi took one last look at Wan Qian, then turned around and left.
Wan Qian stood in place, thought and thought, and quietly hid in the dark without anyone noticing, and sneaked up.
Yuan Qi carried a pot of wolf broth, followed the little leader, walked all the way, walked a small road, and came to another palace.
"Dare to love, this is the real nest!" Yuan Qi said in his heart.
Guided by several maidservants, they came to the main hall.
"Hall Master!" the little leader shouted respectfully.
"Alright, bring it up!" a pleasant voice came from the high platform, where a layer of gauze shrouded in it, so that people could only see a vague figure.
Yuan Qi was calm on the surface, but his heart was full of shock, because this voice was too similar to the woman who appeared in the inn last night.
"Yes!" the little leader replied, turning around and signaling Yuan Qi.
Yuan Qi comprehended, lowered his head, took the wolf broth in his hand, and walked up to the high platform step by step, he was very curious, and wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of woman this was.
However, the truth made him regret, in the gauze, a woman was about eighteen or nineteen years old, wearing a golden mask, silk sand draped over her shoulders, setting off her beautiful posture, at the moment she put her hands on her cheeks, her eyes were a little sloppy, as if she was thinking about something, and on a wooden bed beside her, there was a little girl, pale and sick.
"Jing'er, you're hungry, this wave of broth is very good for your body, drink it quickly!" The woman glanced at Yuan Qi and said lightly, "Go down!"
Yuan Qi said goodbye, walked off the stage, and was about to leave with the little leader, when suddenly a voice came from the stage: "Slow!"
"What does the hall master command?" the little leader hurriedly turned around.
"There's been something unusual in the circle lately!" the woman's voice was a little cold.
Yuan Qi's face changed, and he suddenly remembered that there was still a sweat medicine in this pot of broth!
"It's nothing unusual, it's just that just now, a wolf pack appeared and touched the magic circle! The subordinates didn't think it was a big deal, so they didn't tell me much!" said the little leader.
"Wolves!" the woman let out a sneer, and after a brief silence, she said again, "It's okay, you can go!"
The little leader let out a cold sweat, and left quickly when he heard the words, not paying any attention to Yuan Qi, who was slowing down behind him.
Yuan Qi found an opportunity, his figure flashed, and he returned to the main hall, lurking behind a towering stone pillar, staring at the woman in the silk veil.
The woman picked up the bowl and spoon, fed it to the little girl one bite at a time, and said flatly: "Jing'er, you seem to be very afraid of me!"
"No, no! Jing'er is not afraid of her sister!" the girl's voice was unnatural.
"Do you know, you are much luckier than your sister, my sister was also imprisoned when she was young, what a black room, iron chains, all kinds of poisons, my sister has tasted it!" The woman's voice was very melancholy, and she said slowly, "I invited you here, and I didn't torture you, but helped you cure a stubborn illness for many years, think about the gap between them!"
The little girl was very sensible, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but ask, "Sister, how did you get through?"
"There's a... Very good man, he saved his sister, but ....." The woman paused and said faintly, "He lost his sister to another demon!"
"And what happened later?" the girl asked.
"Later?" the woman smiled, "it doesn't matter anymore, the important thing is that I saw this man again, and knew that he abandoned me because of another boy!
The woman sighed, her state of mind at the moment was still unknown.
"Sister!" the girl drank the broth, her eyes suddenly became a little foggy, she sighed deeply, and fell asleep.
The woman didn't seem surprised that the girl fell asleep so quickly, and she put the girl on the bed and gently covered her with a quilt. As she turned, her eyes turned cold again.
In the audience, a demon appeared and saluted: "Hall Master, the poison is coming!"
"Let him in!" said the woman.
After a while, two familiar figures appeared under the platform, it was Ning Tu and Poison Torture.
The woman's palm waved slightly, and the gauze covering the surroundings rolled rapidly, revealing a silver throne.
"Ning Xin, Ning Hall Lord, don't come to harm!" Poison Torture smiled, and at the same time said the woman's name, it was Ning Xin, the apprentice of all saints.
Ning Xin did not answer, but said to Ning Tu: "Senior brother, please go to the dock and invite Jin Lao over, just say that I have something important." ”
Ning Tu glanced at the poison indifferently, and said to Ning Xin: "Senior sister, I'll go and come back quickly!"
The torture did not feel embarrassed, still with a faint smile, and when he saw Ning Tu leaving, the iron fan in his hand slowly stretched out, and said, "I remember the last time I saw you, it was during the trial of the Fallen King Hall of the Western Regions!
"They're all dead!" a sweet smile appeared at the corner of Ning Xin's mouth, "The brothers of the same clan fell into the abyss during the trial, and Gulant was killed by me with my own hands, as for Xin Tong, the poisonous son should know better than me!"
"Xintong, that woman doesn't know what to do, I'm just going to teach her a lesson!"
"Yes, hehe!" Ning Xin smiled very coldly, and said silently, "In this world, there are only a few people who are good to me, Xintong is counted as one, and my senior brother is also counted as one, and now that you have all these two people, what should you do if you tell me?"
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding!" The poisonous torture explained: "I have also heard about Brother Ning's affairs, it is true that I have not thought it through, I have admired the demeanor of the hall master for a long time, how dare I offend?"
"I've admired it for a long time, haha!" Ning Xin laughed wildly, as if he had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world, "Admire me, didn't you come here to fulfill your master's appointment?"
"Definitely!" the torture responded, "Now that our two families are in the same boat, we should help each other and promote relations!"
"As far as he is concerned, men are hypocritical!" Ning Xin said disdainfully, "Ling Shi showed his might in Mangshan a few days ago! I wonder if you still have news of him at this moment?"
"Master's mind is already difficult to fathom, he came to the Central Plains, and he has not contacted me so far! I have been waiting!" Poison shook his head.
"Since it is cooperation, you should be honest, you are so unpredictable, it is really difficult to be reassured!" Ning Xin stared coldly at the poisonous torture, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense.
"What, does Hall Master Ning want to try?" Torture's face changed again and again, and he said, "I'm afraid that this will ruin your sect master's big business!"
The two looked at each other like this, and their intrigue Yuan Qi saw it in his eyes, and he felt more and more that this woman named Ning Xin was not simple.
"Senior sister, Jin Lao is here, and in addition, Tai Shimu is also here!" The door of the palace opened, and Ning Tu returned, breaking the atmosphere here.
"Jing'er!" an old man with unkempt hair appeared in the audience and shouted at Ning Xin, "What happened to Jing'er?"
"Don't worry, it's good for Taishi Jing to stay here with me, she just fell asleep!" Ning Xin responded, "Tai Shimu, don't forget the agreement between you and me, your Taishi family has been shipbuilding for generations, this shouldn't be a difficult thing for you!"
"What you said is light, Penglai's immortal ship is completely different from an ordinary ship, and it is impossible to achieve anything in the short term!" Tai Shimu said, "unless you can find a classic blueprint or something." ”
"It doesn't have to be an immortal ship, as long as it is strong enough to withstand the waves of the Sea of Thunderclouds!" Ning Xin said.
"What! you're going to the sea of thunderclouds!" Tai Shi Mu was shocked.
"How about it, five years ago, you raised the strength of your clan to go to the sea of thunderclouds, and finally failed, causing your granddaughter Tai Shijing to also be seriously ill, and she has not been able to recover so far, now I am giving you a chance!" Ning Xin smiled, "As long as you can do it as agreed, I promise that not only can Tai Shijing be released, but I can also cure her of her stubborn diseases!"
"Really!" Tai Shimu was surprised and delighted, "is what you said true.....!
"That's enough, I'll leave the shipbuilding to you, as for how to build it, I don't want to hear it!
"I want to take a look at Jing'er!" Tai Shi Mu said.
"Okay, then you come up, she just fell asleep, don't disturb her!" Ning Xin said.
Tai Shi Mu came to the stage and glanced at the sleeping Tai Shi Jing, tears flashed in his eyes, in his heart, his granddaughter's illness was also a piece of his heart.
"Don't worry!" Ning Xin said, "I'll take care of her!"
Ning Xinmu watched Tai Shimu leave.
"Hall Master, what do you command!" When only Ning Xin, Ning Tu and poison were left in the scene, Jin Lao spoke.
Ning Xin stepped off the stage, he glanced at the torture, a strange smile appeared on his mouth, and said faintly: "It's almost, the distinguished guest is here, we should also go to the meeting!"